I never said "lose" I said weakened.
I see the two as related I guess, as weakening's like a milling-down form of loss.
If there's 'nothing to lose', they can't be weakened further, while someone with something to lose always stands to be weakened.
Your entire personality and majority of your schemes/tactics consist of being passive, submissive, and playing along.
There's elements of provocation in it though, but for a lot of it it's about how I want to hear their story. I don't really play along with them any further than attempting to invite more conversation, as past a certain point 'playing along' can become straight up lying.
Sometimes people take pushing to divulge more of the story, to act on the things they really want to do. It's not entirely passive and submissive if a part of the narrative keeps involving the other person feeling pushed, but when it comes to pain tolerance I've learned that sometimes outlasting whatever they're trying to do is how to move to the next stage (and that pushing can be fun).